Stevenson v. Spivey
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Hustings Court of the city of Portsmouth. Decree for defendant. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Kelly, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an injunction suit brought by Stevenson against Spivey to restrain the latter from violating a building restriction contained in a deed from one of his remote grantors. The decree appealed from denied the relief prayed for, and Stevenson assigns error.
By deed dated June 12, 1901, the Port Norfolk Land Company conveyed to one T. V. Owens a certain lot designated, on one of that company’s recorded plats, as No. 443. Immediately following the granting clause and the covenants of title, the deed contained this sentence: “No building to be…
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